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society to pay the expenses of their delegate or President in 

 their attendance of the meetings of the State Board. 



Which report was concurred in. 



Mr. Nelson submitted the following resolution : 



Resolved, That each member of this Board be requested to 

 use his influence in extending the circulation of the Indiana 

 Farmer, by subscribing for it himself if he is not already a 

 subscriber, and using his influence in inducing others to sub- 

 scribe. 



Which was unanimously adopted. 



The resolution offered by Gov. Wright, and the amend- 

 ment proposed by Mr. Dennis, on the subject of premiums, 

 were then taken from the table, and the amendment was lost. 



The following amendment to the original resolution was 

 offered : 



Provided, That not exceeding five hundred dollars shall 

 be expended in the purchase of cups, to be distributed as 

 premiums. 



Which amendment was agreed to, and the resolution was 

 then adopted. 



The resolution of Mr. Bollman, relative to procuring the 

 Patent Office Agricultural Reports, and seeds to be forwarded 

 to each organized society in this State, was taken up and 

 adopted. 



On motion of Mr. Bollman, it was 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed to report on the 

 best means of establishing an interchange of seeds, plants, 

 &c., between the county associations and the State Board, 

 with leave to report at the next annual meeting of the Board. 



Messrs. Orr, Hall, McConnell and Bollman were appointed 

 said committee. 



Mr. Holloway offered the following resolution : 



Resolved, That the thanks of this State Board be, and they 

 are hereby tendered to the Presidents and executive commit- 

 tees of the Agricultural Fairs of the States of New York 

 and Ohio, in inviting the President of our State Board to 



